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We’re Expanding Financial Access to Rural Malawi. Here’s How You Can Help.

By Opportunity International on August 26, 2010

Travel in your mind to the shores of Lake Malawi. In this remote region, extreme poverty is widespread. But because of the donations, hard work and advocacy of Opportunity supporters and staff, the Malawians here have been empowered financially. To reach the unreachable, Malawi has replicated its successful “hub-and-spoke” approach by opening a hub branch Read more…

Posted in Bank Building, Events, Insight Trips, Loans, Microinsurance, OptINnow, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Savings, Training, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, Branch staff, Conference, credit life insurance, Crop insurance, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, fundraisers, Fundraising, Insight Trip, Insight Trips, Insurance, Latin America, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Mobile Banking, mobile banking vehicle, mobile branches, Online fundraising, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, opportunity microfinance conference, OptINnow, Poverty, Satellite bank branch, Savings, Savings account, small business loans, Training, Transportation, Washington D.C.

An Unforgettable Family Trip to Kenya and Malawi

By Guest Post on August 24, 2010

Opportunity supporter and member of the Board of Governors, Rich McClure, writes of his experiences on the July 2010 Family Week trip to Kenya and his visits to Malawi: Visiting eastern Africa, we met women and men who have enterprises fueled by , who are selling their goods in crowded, dirty marketplaces in Nairobi and Lilongwe. Read more…

Posted in Board of Governors, Insight Trips, Local Staffing, Our Mission and Vision, Our Motivation, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Trust Groups, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, Banking on Education, Board of Governors, Clients, Education, Education finance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Insight Trip, Kenya, lilongwe, Loan Officer, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Nairobi, Opportunity International, Orphans, Poverty, Schools, Trust Groups, Youth

Faith, Hope and Love on our Journey to Kenya

By Opportunity International on August 10, 2010

Opportunity’s John Kamperschroer, VP of Resource Development, recently returned from an Opportunity Family Week Trip to Kenya. He shares reflections from his travels. As we traveled along the bumpy roads of Kenya, dust and exhaust coated our lungs while receiving–as one driver put it–an “African massage.” We were on our way to visit three Kenyan schools: Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Loans, Local Staffing, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, Banking on Education, Children, Clients, Community, Education, Education finance, Ending Poverty, faith, family week trip, Financial services, Hope, Insight Trip, john kamperschroer, Kenya, Loans, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity International, Opportunity Kenya, Orphans, Poverty, Schools, Students, Women, Women's Philanthropy, Youth

Knowledge Leads to Understanding: Getting to Know Uganda

By Guest Post on July 30, 2010

supporter and her 16-year-old nephew contributed this final post about their trip to Uganda, summing up the unforgettable people they met and places they saw on their journey. The Mighty Nile River Debby: is a beautiful country: Winston Churchill described it as “the pearl of Africa” because of its green hills, the shores of Lake Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Local Staffing, Our Work, Trust Groups, What We're Reading, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Africa, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Insight Trip, Kampala, Loan Officer, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Nile River, Opportunity International, Opportunity Uganda, Poverty, Schools, Students, Trust Groups, Uganda, University, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

Be Inspired: A Traveler Meets Opportunity Uganda’s Microfinance Clients

By Guest Post on July 23, 2010

Debby Farrington, a supporter of the is visiting Uganda with her 16-year-old nephew Matt Statman. Yesterday, Matt sent us about meeting teenage students in Kampala, and today, Debby reports on their visits with Trust Group clients and some very inspiring women entrepreneurs. Today, we visited a meeting and some very special clients of Opportunity Uganda. Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Local Staffing, Our Work, Training, Trust Groups, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Tagged Africa, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Insight Trip, Kampala, Loan Officer, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity International, Opportunity Uganda, Poverty, Students, Trust Groups, Uganda, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, WON, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity

Your Last Chance for Tanzania — Listen to the YAO Broadcast

By Emily Riemer on July 1, 2010

The deadline is fast approaching for the Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO) Insight Trip to Tanzania, September 4-11, 2010. You must register by this Sunday, July 4th to secure your spot. Don’t miss the chance to see microfinance at work in this vibrant, developing African country. Today, listen to YAO manager Sonya Perez-Lauterbach’s interview with Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Tagged Africa, Insight Trip, Interview, Microfinance, Sonya Perez, Tanzania, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Young Professionals

The Impact of Education: Visiting Uganda’s Kazo Summit School

By Guest Post on June 25, 2010

Guest blogger and Women’s Opportunity Network (WON) member Julie Hindmarsh sends us this report while on WON’s “Mothers, Daughters and Sisters” Insight Trip to Uganda. On Tuesday, we devoted additional time to seeing Ugandan private schools funded by loans from Opportunity‘s Banking on Education initiative. We wanted not only to observe but also to participate. Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Banking on Education, Children, Daughters, Girls, Insight Trip, Julie Hindmarsh, Kazo Summit School, Loans, Mothers, Schools, Sisters, Students, Teachers, Uganda, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON, WON Uganda Insight Trip 2010

A Virtual Walk Alongside the Women’s Insight Trip to Uganda

By Guest Post on June 17, 2010

Women’s Opportunity Network (WON) member Susan Gillette shares her excitement about the upcoming “Mothers, Daughters and Sisters” Insight Trip to Uganda, offering a unique, virtual way for everyone to join in. I had hoped to go on the Uganda Women’s Insight Trip with my daughters, Maggie and Lindsay, but they couldn’t get away from work. Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Africa, Children, Education, Facebook, Ghana, Half the Sky, Insight Trip, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, OptINnow, Poverty, Savings, Students, Trust Groups, Uganda, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON, WON Uganda Insight Trip 2010

Saying Good-Bye to the People of Uganda

By Opportunity International on June 7, 2010

by Alexandra Arch, Writer and Uganda Insight Trip Participant Today we have entered the town of Jinja. After heavy overnight rains, the central market offers us a muddy, puddle-jumping adventure. Stalls overflowing with fruits, vegetables, clothing, music and more are stacked one on top of another in an attempt to avoid the mud. The colors of the Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips
Tagged Africa, Alexandra Arch, Business, Children, Clients, Empowerment, Insight Trip, Loan Officers, Loans, Microfinance, Nile River, Opportunity International, Poverty, Trust Groups, Uganda, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

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